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* MusclesAreMeaningless: Star Man plays the same as everyone else, for the most part, despite his 6'3 220lbs stats suggest him having the least amount on the roster, possible excepting King Slender, who is so much taller it doesn't matter.

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* MusclesAreMeaningless: Star Man plays the same as everyone else, for the most part, despite his 6'3 220lbs stats suggest him having the least amount on the roster, possible excepting King Slender, who is so much taller it doesn't matter. Downplayed with The Amazon, who isn’t much bigger than Starman but prefers using illegal tactics rather than his muscles.
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* AWinnerIsYou: The TropeNamer. The line appears after winning a match.
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* WeaponOfChoice: Taking after Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher's example, Amazon chose a fork.
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* DarkSkinnedBlond: Giant Panther
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Kin Corn Karn has a purple beard.
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* TightsUnderShorts: Star Man.
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''Pro Wrestling'' is a WrestlingGame released by Creator/{{Nintendo}} in 1987 for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem. (It was originally released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System in 1986, as ''Puroresu: Famicom Wrestling Association''.) The developers of this game went on as Human Entertainment to create the ''VideoGame/FireProWrestling'' series.

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''Pro Wrestling'' is a WrestlingGame released by Creator/{{Nintendo}} in 1987 for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem. (It was originally released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System in 1986, as ''Puroresu: Famicom Wrestling Association''.) The developers of this game went on as Human Entertainment Creator/HumanEntertainment to create the ''VideoGame/FireProWrestling'' series.

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* LifeMeter: Averted, unlike many other wrestling games of the era. Instead, you had to pay attention to sound cues that would play once you had done sufficient damage to the opponent (or vice versa): a quick series of chimes when they were a fair bit weaker, and much more shrill sirens once they were sufficiently hurt enough to be pinned. Without those, all you had to go on was the match timer and the referee's counting. The fighters' actions would also become more delayed as they took more damage.



* RingOut: Unlike most real life professional wrestling organization, a championship can be won by count out outside the ring.
* SomeDexterityRequired: Fighter Hayabusa's special move, the back brain kick, is the most unorthodox one in the game, requiring him to stand at a particular downward angle from his opponent before hitting A.

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* RingOut: Unlike most real life professional wrestling organization, organizations, a championship can be won by count out outside the ring.
* SomeDexterityRequired: Fighter Hayabusa's special move, the back brain kick, is the most unorthodox one in the game, requiring him to stand at a particular downward angle from his opponent before hitting A. It's also quite easy to dodge since it doesn't involve grappling.



* TimedMission: You only have five minutes to win.

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* TimedMission: You only have five minutes to win.win in single-player mode.



** Also overlaps with BeamMeUpScotty, as "A Winner is You" appears only in the earliest copies of the game, with the (much more common) revisions correcting the message to simply "Winner is You".

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** Also overlaps with BeamMeUpScotty, as "A Winner is You" appears only in the earliest copies of the game, with the (much more common) revisions correcting "correcting" the message to simply "Winner is You".
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* {{Heel}}: The Amazon is clearly meant to be a heel wrestler given his illegal attacks.

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* {{Heel}}: The Amazon is clearly meant to be a heel wrestler given his illegal attacks. One could also make a case for Kin Corn Karn, since the crowd does not cheer for his signature attacks.

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* AWinnerIsYou: The TropeNamer. Every time you win a match, the phrase would appear on the screen with your stats.

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* AWinnerIsYou: The TropeNamer. Every time you win a match, the phrase would appear on the screen with your stats.AmbiguouslyBrown: Giant Panther. It's unclear if he has dark-skinned ancestry or if he's merely tan.


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* {{Heel}}: The Amazon is clearly meant to be a heel wrestler given his illegal attacks.


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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''VideoGame/FireProWrestling'' is one to this game. The programmer of this game even went to Human Entertainment and helped develop FPW.
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* AWinnerIsYou: The TropeNamer. Every time you win a match, the phrase would appear on the screen with your stats.
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More accurate.


* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Korea's Kin Corn Karn.

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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: AlliterativeName: Korea's Kin Corn Karn.

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* AWinnerIsYou: The {{Trope Namer|s}} is the Engrish conglaturatory message after winning a match. The actual "You Win!" screen consists of a picture of two trophies and your fighter (with one title belt on his waist, and another in his hand), and the message "Congratulations! You are V.W.A. V.W.F. Champion!", while the music repeats endlessly

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* AWinnerIsYou: The {{Trope Namer|s}} is the Engrish conglaturatory message after winning a match. The actual "You Win!" screen consists of a picture of two trophies and your fighter (with one title belt on his waist, and another in his hand), and the message "Congratulations! You are V.W.A. V.W.F. Champion!", while the music repeats endlesslyendlessly.
** Also overlaps with BeamMeUpScotty, as "A Winner is You" appears only in the earliest copies of the game, with the (much more common) revisions correcting the message to simply "Winner is You".
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* CombatPragmatist: The Amazon bites his opponents and uses a fork on them.

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* DeathOrGloryAttack: Every character can use the brainbuster, which deals heavy damage, but the opponent has to be weakened first. If they're still healthy, it fails and they instantly reverse it on you.

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* DeathOrGloryAttack: DeathOrGloryAttack:
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Every character can use the brainbuster, which deals heavy damage, but the opponent has to be weakened first. If they're still healthy, it fails and they instantly reverse it on you.you.
** Fighter Hayabusa's back brain kick and Starman's flying cross chop. If either move misses the user is left flat on his back.
** Any move off the top rope. The opponent can roll out of the way, causing the attacker to hurt himself.
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* DeathOrGloryAttack: Every character can use the piledriver, which deals heavy damage, but the opponent has to be weakened first. If they're still healthy, it fails and they instantly reverse it on you.

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* DeathOrGloryAttack: Every character can use the piledriver, brainbuster, which deals heavy damage, but the opponent has to be weakened first. If they're still healthy, it fails and they instantly reverse it on you.
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* DeathOrGloryAttack: Every character can use the piledriver, which deals heavy damage, but the opponent has to be weakened first. If they're still healthy, it fails and they instantly reverse it on you.
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''Pro Wrestling'' is a WrestlingGame released by Creator/{{Nintendo}} in 1987 for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem. (It was originally released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System in 1986, as ''Puroresu: Famicom Wrestling Association''.) The developers of this game went on as Human Entertainment to create the ''VideoGame/FireProWrestling'' series.

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''Pro Wrestling'' is a WrestlingGame released by Creator/{{Nintendo}} in 1987 for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem.UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem. (It was originally released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System in 1986, as ''Puroresu: Famicom Wrestling Association''.) The developers of this game went on as Human Entertainment to create the ''VideoGame/FireProWrestling'' series.
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* SomeDexterityRequired: Fighter Hayabusa's special move, the back brain kick, is the most unorthodox one in the game, requiring him to stand at a particular downward angle from his opponent before hitting A.
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** Kin Corn Karn = Killer Khan

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* CaptainErsatz: The entire roster is based on famous RealLife wrestlers. Most obviously, Fighter Hayabusa is based on Wrestling/AntonioInoki, and Giant Panther is based on Wrestling/HulkHogan.

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* CaptainErsatz: The entire roster is based on famous RealLife wrestlers. Most obviously, wrestlers.
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Fighter Hayabusa is based on Wrestling/AntonioInoki, and = Wrestling/AntonioInoki
** Starman = Mil Mascaras
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Giant Panther is based on Wrestling/HulkHogan.= Wrestling/HulkHogan and [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Kerry Von Erich]]
** King Slender = Wrestling/RicFlair
** Great Puma = [[Wrestling/SatoruSayama Tiger Mask]]


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* RecycledSoundtrack: ''Pro Wrestling'' shares the same title music as Nintendo's other sports games, ''Baseball'', ''Tennis'', and ''Volleyball''.
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Not to be confused with the UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem game of the same title and released the same year, which was a masculinized version of the [[Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling AJW]]-inspired Creator/{{Sega}} UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame ''Body Slam''.

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Not to be confused with the UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem game of the same title and released the same year, which was a masculinized version of the [[Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling AJW]]-inspired Creator/{{Sega}} UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame ''Body Slam''. Or [[ProfessionalWrestling wrestling]] in general, for that matter.
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Not to be confused with the UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem game of the same title and released the same year, which was a masculinized version of the [[Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling AJW]]-inspired Creator/{{Sega}} ArcadeGame ''Body Slam''.

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Not to be confused with the UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem game of the same title and released the same year, which was a masculinized version of the [[Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling AJW]]-inspired Creator/{{Sega}} ArcadeGame UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame ''Body Slam''.
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* RingOut: Unlike most real life professional wrestling organization, a championship can be won by a ring out.
* TightsUnderShorts: Star Man
* TimedMission: You only have five minutes to win
* UseYourHead: Giant Panther does

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* RingOut: Unlike most real life professional wrestling organization, a championship can be won by a ring out.
count out outside the ring.
* TightsUnderShorts: Star Man
Man.
* TimedMission: You only have five minutes to win
win.
* UseYourHead: Giant Panther doesdoes.
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Not to be confused with the SegaMasterSystem game of the same title and released the same year, which was a masculinized version of the [[Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling AJW]]-inspired Creator/{{Sega}} ArcadeGame ''Body Slam''.

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Not to be confused with the SegaMasterSystem UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem game of the same title and released the same year, which was a masculinized version of the [[Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling AJW]]-inspired Creator/{{Sega}} ArcadeGame ''Body Slam''.
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* MusclesAreMeaningless: Star Man plays the same as everyone else, for the most part, despite his 6'3 220lbs stats suggest him having the least amount on the roster, possible excepting King Slender, who is so much taller it doesn't matter.
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Square Peg Round Trope. Says nothing about being either fast or fragile.


* FragileSpeedster: Star Man [[GameplayAndStorySegregation according to the opening stats]], at 6'3 220 pounds he is easily the the slimmest wrestler on the roster; King Slender may be just as slim but he is still taller and heavier. Star Man does not play much differently from the others besides having two acrobatic special moves though.

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